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According to a January 17, 2019, press release from Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42, a threat intelligence team, a Linux mining malware developed by Rocke group has advanced to uninstall cloud security pr (42, BTC, XMR)

On November 3, 2018, Bitcoin's hash rate was standing on 57.5 million TH/s. Now, the BTC hash rate dropped below 42 million TH/s, and we suspect that the Bitcoin Cash hash wars have the answers for th (42, BCH, BTC)

Tokyo police arrested eight men on November 14, 2018, for a cryptocurrency-related pyramid scheme that scammed 6,000 people of 7.8 billion yen (approximately $68.42 million). According to Japanese New (42, BTC)

Japan's top financial regulator has issued hacked crypto exchange Zaif a third business improvement order. The exchange has revised its theft estimate, after discovering that 42,327 BCH were also stolen in addition to 5,966 BTC. Zaif has also signed agreements with two companies for their help with repaying customers and improving its security system. (42, BCH, BTC)

South Korean authorities are collaborating with the Walton Blockchain Research Institute to make 42 people proficient in Blockchain technology and get immediate employment in the country, as first rep (42, BTC)

A recent study by the U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase has shown that 42 percent of the world's top 50 universities have at least one class on cryptocurrencies or blockchain. The results of the study wer (42)

The ecosystem's largest bank and quasi-exchange, Coinbase, commissioned a survey about higher education (students and faculty) attitudes toward crypto and blockchain. They found over 40% of leading universities around the world offer at least one course in blockchain or crypto, and 25% of all students, regardless of major, said they would consider taking classes in either subject. (42)

Jack Ma, a Chinese business magnate with a net worth of $42 billion, according to Forbes, said Bitcoin is potentially a bubble. His comments come as his financial services company, Ant Financial, launchedblockchain-based money transfers between Hong Kong and the Philippines. (42, BTC)

Speculators' net short dollar bets rose in the latest week, its second straight week of increases, according to calculations by Reuters and Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday. The value of the net short dollar positions, derived from net positions of International Monetary Market speculators in the yen, euro, British pound, Swiss franc and Canadian and Australian dollars, was $7.42 billion in the week to June 12. That compares with a net short position of $5.54 billion the previous week. To be short a currency means traders believe it will fall in value. The net short position on bitcoin CBOE futures was 1,945 contracts, up slightly from 1,926 contracts last week. In a wider measure of dollar positioning that includes net contracts on the New Zealand dollar, Mexican peso, Brazilian real and Russian ruble, the U.S. dollar posted a net short position valued at $7.10 billion, compared with a short position valued at $5.25 billion a week earlier. The dollar, which has risen since mid-April supported by rising U.S. Treasury yields and solid economic data, resumed its climb this week after stumbling a little last week. For the week, the dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six currencies, was up 1.3 percent, its largest weekly rise in seven weeks. Increased worries about tensions between Washington and Beijing, with President Donald Trump announcing hefty tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese imports on Friday, clouded the outlook for the greenback.

EOS stays below $14.00 as MainNet launch hype is over. Market is speculating that half of EOS tokens controlled by 10 addresses. EOS/USD is changing hands at $13.80, down 11% since the peak reached on June 2 in the aftermath of EOS mainnet launch. The project finished its year-long ICO, raising over 42,000 ETH. Now (EOS)

In 2010, a computer programmer from Florida paid 10,000 bitcoins for 2 pizzas. In today's prices that works out at about $42 million apiece. Could something like that ever happen again?While it may be too late to see those kinds of gains for bitcoin the likelihood is with a plethora of coins there will be some huge earners in the next few years. (42, BTC)

Last month, Michael Jackson, the venture capitalist and former Skype executive, spent $400,000 on a 10-foot-long neon sign consisting of 42 yellow letters and numbers that make up the blockchain contract address of a crypto-themed work of art called Yellow Lambo.

* Consortium led by TPG Capital, Carlyle* Gives Baidu heft against Alibaba, Tencent's fintech biz* Baidu stake in financial unit will fall to 42 pct(Adds details from statement, background)By Rushil Dutta and Clare JimApril 30(Reuters) - China's Baidu Inc said it willsell a majority stake in its financial services business forabout $1.9 billion to a consortium led by TPG Capital ManagementLP and Carlyle Group LP, as it seeks funding totake on established fintech firms in China.The investment will give Baidu the heft it needs to narrowthe lead that rivals Alibaba Group Holding Ltd andTencent Holdings Ltd have taken in financial services,and help Baidu's push to seek revenue streams outside its coreinternet search business.The deal comes at a time when China's government istightening regulations on the loans market to rein in shadowbanking and push banks to cut bad debt.Baidu's Financial Services Group (Baidu FSG) runs paymentsystem Baidu Wallet, an online credit service and an onlinewealth management platform. It owns several small financiallicenses such as a third-party payment licence and a fund saleslicence.Baidu will be left with a roughly 42 percent stake in theunit, renamed Du Xiaoman Financial, which will operateindependently of Baidu. The rest of Du Xiaoman will be owned bythe consortium that includes Taikang Group and ABC InternationalHoldings Ltd, Baidu said.Guang Zhu, senior vice president at Baidu and generalmanager of the current financial services business, will becomechief executive of Du Xiaoman, Baidu said in a statement late onSunday.

Dynatiq, a decentralized domain and website marketplace, announces token event starting 25th April 2018. Dynatiq is set to be the backbone of the domain industry. Dubai, UAE: As of January 1, 2018, a total of global internet users was approximated to be 3,812,564,450 as compared to 3.42 billion that was recorded in 2016. Asia has always been the continent with the highest number of internet users in the world however their recent percentage dropped from 50.1% to 49.7%. Europe has 17.0%. Latin America has 10.4% and Africa has 10%. North American only has 8.2%. (42)

Bitcoin, the digital gold, has been beating the yellow metal by a wide margin year-to-date. The Bitcoin Investment Trust has picked up an incredible 1407.42 percent, while SPDR Gold Shares have incr (42, BTC)

* Apple down on report of tepid iPhone X demand, suppliersfall* Bitcoin rises 10 pct, recovers from last week's brutalselloff* Indexes down: Dow 0.03 pct, S&P 0.09 pct, Nasdaq 0.42 pct(Updates to open)By Sruthi ShankarDec 26 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes came underpressure on Tuesday following a 2.8 percent drop in Apple'sshares on a report of weak iPhone X demand.Apple will slash its sales forecast for its flagship phonein the current quarter to 30 million units, down from what itsaid was an initial plan of 50 million units, Taiwan's EconomicDaily reported, citing unidentified sources.That, along with some bearish brokerage calls on iPhone Xdemand, put its shares on track for their worst single-daypercentage fall since Aug. 10.Shares of companies that supply parts to Apple, includingBroadcom, Skyworks Solutions, Finisarand Lumentum Holdings, fell between 1.8 percent and 3.5percent.The S&P technology index fell 0.9 percent, theonly loser among the 11 major S&P 500 sectors.Most markets around the world, including parts of Europe andAsia, were shut on Tuesday. Trading volumes are also expected tobe light in the holiday week. (BTC)

In 2017, the gaming world is expected to generate close to $110 billion in revenue worldwide with 2.3 billion people playing games every day on different platforms and devices. Mobile gaming is the most lucrative platform creating $42.1 billion, or 42 percent, of the global market, according to Newzoos latest Global Games Market Report. But (42)

Viberate, a decentralized marketplace platform for live music industry, has successfully completed its Vibe token crowdsale in record 4 minutes and 42 seconds. A Slovenian-based team has reached its goal raising a full amount by selling 120 million Vibes. Tokens will be listed on LiveCoin.net starting October 6, 2017. (42)